From Chivalry to Terrorism has been issued in Chinese by The Oriental Press (Beijing), in Spanish by Oceana (Mexico City), and in Korean by Samin Publishing (Seoul).
Film Theory and Criticism, 7th Edition
New Edition:
The 7th edition of Film Theory and Criticism has just been released by Oxford University Press and is available for purchase from Amazon.
The new edition features expanded introductions and a new section on “Digitization and Globalization,” which incorporates essays on recent developments in technology and world cinema.
Native Informant Back in Print
Back in print:
Figueroa Press has republished Native Informant: Essays on Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture in its scholarly reprints series. The press also reissued The Plot of Time: Narrative Form in Hume, Fielding, and Gibbon with a new forward by Hayden White in 2003. Both books can be ordered through their website, or at Amazon.com.
Raymond Chandler Talk at USC
SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT: Raymond Chandler, 50 Years Later
March 25, 2009, 7:30pm
USC University Club
Join leading LA noir experts for a lively discussion of Raymond Chandler’s novels, films, and the future he foretold. Fifty years after his death, how have his perceptions and his portrayal of the City of Angels endured? Moderator: Judith Freeman, author of The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved. Speakers: Leo Braudy, USC Leo S. Bing Chair in English and American Literature and University Professor; Denise Hamilton, author of the Eve Diamond mystery series; and Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times film critic.
View video of the talk at the link above.
ALOUD at Central Library- Millard Kaufman Interview
ALOUD AT CENTRAL LIBRARY
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 7 pm
A conversation with screenwriter Millard Kaufman, whose debut novel, Bowl of Cherries,was published last year by McSweeney’s. The .mp3 podcast is available at the link above.
Appearance at the Los Angeles Times 2008 Festival of Books
LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
Saturday, April 29, 2008, 10:30 am
Moderator, A History of Violence, featuring David A. Bell, Mark Kurlansky, Scott Martelle, and Andrew Nagorski. Flash video provided by C-SPAN’s BookTV at the link above.
Real to Reel Conference
REAL TO REEL: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD WAR II
Friday, April 11, 2008, 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Moderator, Hollywood Goes to War: The Battle of San Pietro and the Memphis Belle. A conversation featuring Pulitzer-prize winning author Rick Atkinson and producer Catherine Wyler, daughter of William Wyler.
Recent & Forthcoming Projects
- “Walt Whitman and Photography,” for “click! photography changes everything,” a Smithsonian Photography Initiative (SPI) project, Marvin Heiferman, curator.
- “Leo Braudy’s Favorite Moments of Horror vs. Terror in Film,” The Book of Lists: Horror, eds. Amy Wallace, Del Howison, and Scott Bradley. HarperCollins, October 2008.
- Preface to E.F. Kitchen, Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages. Book of photographs of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Forthcoming.
- “Secular Anointings: Fame, Celebrity, and Charisma in the First century of Mass Culture.” In Constructing Charisma, eds. Edward Berenson and Eva Giloi. New York: Berghan, forthcoming.
- “From Subjects to Citizens.” In War in the Gender Zone, ed. Drew Gilpin Faust, University of North Carolina Press, forthcoming.
- “Cultures and Communities” In the Blackwell’s A Companion to Los Angeles, eds. William Deverell and Gregory Hise. Oxford: Blackwell’s, forthcoming.
Interviews in 2005
In “An Interview with Leo Braudy,” published in The Hedgehog Review‘s Celebrity Culture issue (Spring 2005), Jennifer L. Geddes discusses with Leo Braudy the current incarnation of the phenomenon of fame and celebrity. Follow the link to read the article.
Leo Braudy discusses From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity with host Connie Martinson on Connie Martinson Talks Books, June 15, 2005. Follow the link above or click on the image to view the video provided by Claremont Colleges Digital Library.
